Millions at risk in expected Istanbul earthquake
Recent official statements on an expected earthquake in Istanbul underscore that millions of people living in Turkey’s largest city face an impending disaster due to official inaction.
On February 18, officials from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) and the Esenler and Avcılar municipalities presented studies to the Turkish Parliament’s Earthquake Measures Research Commission. The Esenler and Avcılar districts are in the high-risk category.
Members of rescue services search in the debris of a collapsed building for survivors in Izmir, Turkey, early Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Their statements made clear that the dimensions of the destruction caused by an expected earthquake in Istanbul could be much greater than thought.